Paul Gilmartin wrote:
I understand. But would you propose an alternative?
-- gil

How about adding support for DISP=(REPLACE,DELETE) or DISP=(DELETE,DELETE)?

Either would essentially delete the dataset exists, and then allocate the dataset as new. This would also allow the construct DISP=(REPLACE,CATLG,DELETE) to function like DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE), but without causing a JCL error if the dataset happens to already exist. This latter JCL error being a particular bane of mine.

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